Contested closets : the politics and ethics of outing /

"This is a book about secrets and the telling of secrets, it is about lies and the telling of lies. It is about codes that bind some people to keep others' secrets, and conventions that require some people to tell lies about others. And it is about the breaking of these codes and the viola...

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Main Author: Gross, Larry P., 1942- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota, [1993]
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Summary:"This is a book about secrets and the telling of secrets, it is about lies and the telling of lies. It is about codes that bind some people to keep others' secrets, and conventions that require some people to tell lies about others. And it is about the breaking of these codes and the violation of these conventions ... It is also about the conflicting loyalties of journalists ... It is about the shifting boundaries between the public and private realms."--Preface.
Item Description:The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
Physical Description:xiv, 345 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-332) and index.
ISBN:0816621780
9780816621781
0816621799
9780816621798